Environment
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Environment USAMore Coal Mines Close Than Open Worldwide, as Countries Go for Renewables
For the first time on record, more coal mines shut than opened on a global scale over the first six months of a year. That's according to the Global Energy Monitor, an American research and advocacy group that tracks fossil fuel development.
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Environment USANuns Bring 46 Million Dollars to Wall Street to Help Find Climate Solutions
Sixteen congregations of Dominican Nuns approached the investment firm Morgan Stanley to set up a new climate solutions fund that would invest in companies working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Technology East TimorAir and Sunlight Is All This Island Needs to Make Clean Water
A project launched in June is tackling the water shortages faced in the remote little island of Atauro, located off the coast of Asia's East Timor, through a technology that transforms sunlight and air into drinking water.
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Environment Bangladesh“Solar-Sharing” Might Save a Billion Dollars as Neighbors Share Their Power
Homes with excess, unused solar energy can now share their power with their neighbors, thanks to a start-up in Bangladesh whose mission is to curb more than a billion dollars' worth of energy waste each year.
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Environment GermanyMillions in Cash Ready for Start-Ups Who Work on Energy of the Future
An American platform is setting up a new head office in Germany, with a three-digit million-dollar amount in funding planned for start-ups across Europe that are focused on green solutions in the energy sector.
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